King Hill has been running at over 20,000cfs the last several days. At this flow Pilgram Rapid on the Snake River becomes a real, very serious rapid- something not to be missed if you are a die hard whitewater junkie like me (ok - I know I don’t have an operational boat at the moment - looking for rides! I’ll bring the camera to.)
The last time it was running this high was in 2006 - you can check out some videos of jet boats running Pilgram in 2006 here:
Hells Canyon Marine Web Site
Check out both parts 1 and 2.
Trent Jet Boating river jet boat, snake river, whitewater
Blogging about jet boats is not easy to begin with. Even harder when you are not actively jet boating but are instead living and enjoying the sport through the Internet postings and video’s of others.
Change is coming though (that damn “C” word we have been hearing so much about again). Hopefully in my case the change is a little more encouraging.
After nearly 9 months (yep- that’s right, 9 fraking months) of letting my boat sit I finally got her moved out of the driveway and over to Boise.
The list of to do’s:
Fix broken engine mount
Fix broken welds / support in bow
Tune up impeller
Tune up engine
Tune up Kicker Motor
Replace trailer brakes (convert to electric)
That should get me on the water again, and hopefully a little more enthused about boating (and living).
The boat should be ready just in time for the Payette next month. Hopefully gas prices stay down, and the truck keeps running. See you on the river.
Trent Jet Boating